Berbice boxers gear up for 5th annual Inter-Gym tournament
Berbicians can expect a night of fistic fury when Orland ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers and Jeff Roberts present the 5th edition of the annual Inter-Gym boxing tournament at the Scott School Ground, New Amsterdam on Saturday February 19. Boxers would be drawn from the Central New Amsterdam Boxing Gym, Rose Hall Bombers and the Lion Heart [...]
Laptop project manager barred from interviews
… office shifts from OP The government continues its refusal of a full disclosure on the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Project, for which $1.8 billion in tax payers money will be spent this year, and a further US$30 million in Chinese funding for related technological infrastructure. The Senior Project Manager, Sesh Sukdeo, is now [...]
GDF Coast Guards committed to stand trial
The three ex-Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen charged with the murder of Bartica gold dealer, Dweive Kant Ramdass, were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court. The trio, Sherwyn Hart, 27, of Lot 123 Block ‘C’ Eccles, East Bank Demerara; Delon Gordon, 22, of Lot 108 ‘C’ Field, Sophia; and Deon Greenidge, [...]
Guyana issued passports to jailed Indonesian tax official
Indonesia’s National Police has confirmed that five falsified Guyana passports bearing photos of tax graft convict Gayus H. Tambunan, his wife Milana Anggareni, and their three children, were made available and officially registered in Guyana. Guyanese officials had reportedly said that from all indications the passports were fakes. Immigration officials yesterday in Guyana said that [...]
Commander Vyphuis airdashed to Trinidad hospital
Divisional Commander of the Police ‘A’ Division, George Vyphuis, was air-dashed to Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday for treatment following his collapse last week. Assistant Commissioner Vyphuis was admitted to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital after falling ill during a senior management meeting at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary. Initially, doctors carried out several tests to [...]
Three arrested after midday robbery
Three men are in police custody following the brazen robbery at the Beauty and Home System on Camp Street yesterday midday during which Daniel Joseph was robbed of $1.3 M. According to a police press release the money was in an envelope when Daniels and two employees were attempting to enter a vehicle, when the [...]
Man linked to Hague murder held with pistol at roadblock
…was held with grenade, transported killer, never charged Police on the West Coast of Demerara have arrested a taxi driver, who was found in possession of an illegal .32 automatic pistol on Tuesday. The man, who has had previous brushes with the law, was detained when his car was searched at a roadblock at Stewartville. [...]
Dem boys seh…Computer people forced into hiding
When people spray Baygon roach does run and hide. Dem who get ketch does dead. Well de way de Waterfalls paper expose de computer thing was like Baygon and cockroach. All of a sudden dem reporters can’t find dem people who sign fuh de computer. Dem was forced into hiding. When dem boys ask wheh [...]
Scotiabank seize man taken for terrifying ride
A 60-year-old repossession officer attached to the Bank of Nova Scotia was last Tuesday taken for a terrifying ride along East Bank Demerara when he tried to repossess a vehicle on behalf of the bank. But thanks to the help of a taxi driver and the police, William Blackman was spared possible harm. According to [...]
Women’s Gender Equality Commission benefits from UK donation
The British High Commission on Tuesday donated two computers and one printer to the Women’s Gender Equality Commission with the aim of further boosting the skills and services offered by the entity. At the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) building, Peter Rose and Anira Streets, Queenstown, during the short handing over ceremony, Chairperson Indra Chandarpal stated [...]
M&CC continues campaign against illegal structures
As the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) continues its campaign to eradicate illegal structures from the parapets of Government reserve areas, yesterday, a group of M&CC officials led by Assistant Superintendent Gordon Langevine and Chief City Engineer (ag) Lloyd Alleyne, turned up at the old Kitty Abattoir to remove all vehicles located on and in [...]
Disregard UK lotto winnings text message – GT&T
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is warning its mobile phone customers to disregard text messages that speak of lottery winnings overseas. It is all a scam, officials advised yesterday. Over the past few days, a number of GT&T prepaid mobile customers confirmed that they received text messages congratulating them on winning a £1M [...]
Joe Singh named as new GGMC’s Chairman
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), Major General (rtd), Joe Singh, has been named to head up the under-fire Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). Singh replaced Ronald Webster, a business executive, who served at the helm of that mining regulatory body for a while. He retired on July [...]
Seven homeless after fire guts Sophia home
Seven persons, including a single mother and her three children, are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Sophia, Georgetown home. Seema Singh, a single mother, lived in the house with her three children and her parents. The fire started just after 18:00 hrs at the house at 575 10th Field, Sophia Squatting area. The [...]
Policeman knocks down motorcyclist, victim dies
Doodnauth Persaud, 23, of lot 2 Block 1 Sherry Plot, La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara, became the latest road fatality after he was hit off his CG motorcycle by a car driven by a policeman on Saturday night. He died Tuesday night. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Guyoil Fuel station on the [...]
Prisoner alleges police brutality at East La Penitence lockups
Denise Munroe, of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer to the charge of damage to property. The defendant who is a single parent was unrepresented by an attorney on both of her court appearance. She pleaded guilty of the charge [...]
‘We owe it to ourselves and the fans to do well’ says Fudadin
By Sean Devers For the first time since 2001, Guyana captured first innings points in a first round Regional game when they gained a 33 run-lead last Saturday against three times defending Champions Jamaica in their opening Regional Four-Day game at Alpart in Jamaica. But after entering the final day in a position to finish [...]
Professor Aubrey Bishop heads GFF 2010 list of honorees
Five recognised for exceptional service to football Former President of the Guyana Football Association Professor Aubrey Bishop was one of five (5) persons who were honoured by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for exceptional service to football over the years. The other honorees are Ivor O’Brien, Allison Peters, Lancelot Baptiste and John Yates. Today we [...]
Committee formed to help restore New Amsterdam Town Hall Tower
A multi-based committee has been formed to oversee the restoration of the New Amsterdam Town Council Tower. The committee which is made up of Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA), the Regional Administration, the Private Sector, other private Business Community and other interesting individuals is known as the New Amsterdam Tower Restoration Committee. [...]
GPHC Maternity Ward receives donation from Enterprise Outreach Centre
On Tuesday members of the Outreach Centre located in Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) along with Elder Angus and his wife, Sister Angus, of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-Day Saints visited pregnant women and mothers in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Ward(s) to donate baby kits and baby clothing to all mothers (and expectant [...]
Students protest outside NCC
Hundreds of students gathered in front of the National Cultural Centre yesterday because they were not allowed to enter the building. NCC hosted the “Children’s Mashramani Competition dance 2 and Masquerade”. Too many tickets were distributed, thus seating accommodations were not available. One child who was on the stairs of NCC was pushed off and [...]
Inaugural Linden Stag Beer 7-A-Side Inter-ward Street Football officially launched
- Deadline for registration is today The Young Achievers in collaboration with 20/20 Sports Bar officially launched their Stag beer sponsored 7-a-side inter-ward street football tournament in Linden yesterday. Twenty-eight teams, spanning seven wards/areas in Linden will contest the event that is set to kick off on February 13 at the Linden/Georgetown minibus park. Stag [...]
Guyana Venezuela begin talks on new Anti-Drugs Cooperation Agreement
-National Drug Strategy Master Plan successor on the cards-Rohee Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has admitted that the National Drug Strategy Master Plan has not been completed on schedule. The Minister made the admission at the launch of negotiations between Guyana and its western neighbour Venezuela on a New Anti-Drugs Cooperation Agreement, yesterday, at the [...]
Mark Austin out to avenge Pyle’s loss to Antoine this month end
When Miguel Antoine came to Guyana last December to face off with Shawn Pyle in the tenth edition of the ProAm boxing cards he had just surrendered his Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title by default. Pyle was to have traveled to Barbados to oppose Antoine for the title but suffered a setback after dropping a [...]
Mocha residents concerned at stymied NDIA project
Residents of Mocha, East Bank Demerara are calling on the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) to complete irrigation works which leads out to the entrance of Mocha and which started in September last. According to 65-year-old Lloyd Roberts of Mocha, the main irrigation channel for Mocha, which can be seen from the entrance of [...]
